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. 2020 May 22;12(5):e8235. doi: 10.7759/cureus.8235

Table 1. Summary of treatment and symptom change in patients.

*As of writing this paper

VAS: visual analog scale

Patient Location Type of toxin Number of units injected Number of points of Injection Concentration (units/ml) Diluent Number of repeat dosages per year Symptom change Average duration of improvement
1 Right hand Abobotulinum toxin A 300 10 30 units/1 ml Saline 0 Notable weakness within the first 6 weeks of treatment that resolved; since 9 months post-treatment, she has continued improvement of her symptoms (e.g., improved skin quality) 3 months
2 Right hand Abobotulinum toxin A 300 10 30 units/1 ml Saline 0 Notable weakness within first 6–8 weeks of treatment that resolved; by 12 months post-treatment, she has continued improvement of her symptoms (e.g., less pain) 3 months
3 Right hand Abobotulinum toxin A 300 10 30 units/1 ml Lidocaine 2 Overall hand pain decreased from 8 to 2 out of 10 on VAS for pain, moderate weakness 3.5 months
Abobotulinum toxin A 270 10 54 units/1 ml Lidocaine 0 Decreased hand pain, mild weakness *3 months
Abobotulinum toxin A 240 10 24 units/1 ml Lidocaine 0 Decreased hand pain, minimal weakness 10 months
Left hand Abobotulinum toxin A 240 10 24 units/1 ml Saline 0 Decreased hand pain 4 months
Abobotulinum toxin A 270 10 54 units/1 ml Lidocaine 0 Decreased hand pain, mild weakness 4 months
4 Left hand Abobotulinum toxin A 300 10 30 units/1 ml Lidocaine 0 Decreased pain and skin induration, moderate weakness 13 months
Left thumb Abobotulinum toxin A 120 4 60 units/1 ml Lidocaine 0 Decreased pain 6 months*
Right hand Abobotulinum toxin A 300 10 30 units/1 ml Lidocaine 0 Decreased pain 13 months
Right index finger Abobotulinum toxin A 120 4 60 units/1 ml Lidocaine 0 Decreased pain 6 weeks
Right index finger Abobotulinum toxin A 60 4 60 units/1 ml Lidocaine 0 Decreased pain 5 months*
Right ring finger Abobotulinum toxin A 120 4 60 units/1 ml Lidocaine 0 Decreased pain 11 months*
Right fifth finger Abobotulinum toxin A 60 4 60 units/1 ml Lidocaine 0 Decreased pain 3 months*
Left foot Abobotulinum toxin A 210 6 30 units/1 ml Lidocaine 0 No pain in toes within 1 month of injections 9 months
Left great toe Abobotulinum toxin A 45 10 150 units/1 ml Lidocaine 0 Decreased pain and skin induration 6 months*
Left fifth toe Abobotulinum toxin A 60 10 30 units/1 ml Lidocaine 0 Decreased pain and skin induration 6 months*